Rebels seize six air bases in Argentina uprising
Off duty rebel air force officers calling themselves the Blue Condor Command took over the Buenos Aires airport and six air bases. Led by Brig. Gen. Jesus Cappellini they urged army and navy support to overthrow President Isabel Peron and install a new order with Christian sentiments. The capital remained calm as troops guarded the airport and Rivadavia Radio briefly aired their manifesto before power was cut.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Blue Condor Command
Isabel Peron
Jesus Cappellini
Rivadavia
Jorge Videla
City Power
Quiet Beirut day belies toll as 12 die in fighting
Beirut Radio described the day as relatively quiet but Moslem and Christian gunmen killed 12. The toll in two weeks of civil war rises to over 660 dead and about 1,000 wounded. Snipers hit Ruweisat Jdeidet al Matn and Zahle. Two more deaths linked to Wednesday incidents in Beirut.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Beirut Radio
Coordination Committee
Ruweisat-Jdeidet al Matn
Chiah
Ain Rummaneh
Zahle
South Moluccan gunmen surrender at Dutch consulate
The two dozen hostages were freed as 25 smiling captives left the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam at 1 22 p m and seven gunmen followed. The siege ended after a crisis team led by Prime Minister Joop den Uyl discussed concessions. Four people died in the two attacks during the two week standoff.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
UPI
Indonesia
Spice Islands
Semol Mellary
Johannes Manusawa
South Moluccan
Sutopo Yuwono Projohandoko
Hos
Tages
Joop den Uyl
Chavez furious over $1 million union assessment
Cesar Chavez condemned a $1 million state assessment against the United Farm Workers, calling it harassment and implying growers and possibly the Teamsters behind the move. He argued the department may have lumped volunteers with union employees and vowed to fight the action.
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Sacramento
UPI
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Chavez
Teamster Union
Teamsters
UFW
State Department
Department
California
Tax cut veto stalls. withholding to rise b weekend
Ford vetoed a six month extension of 1975 tax cuts over a spending ceiling. Congress will delay action until next year. Withholdings will rise about four dollars weekly, hitting lower and middle income families hardest as the 5.8 percent Social Security tax resumes for higher earners. The override fell short with 265 to 157, 17 votes shy of a two thirds margin.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
House
Ronald Reagan
James Lynn
Senate
Toy gun with real bullets prompts production halt
A Nashville toy company plans to end production of the Stallion .45 after a father discovered the pistol can chamber .357 and .38 caliber rounds. Ed Fryer of Kusan Inc says it was marketed as a collector’s item and sales will stop next year. A sheriff’s spokesman noted tests showed the gun wouldn’t fire the bullets but could not rule out the risk.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Ed Fryer
Kusan Inc
Nashville
Thomas Clifton
Fort Myers
Fla
West Virginia Governor Denies Guilt in Extortion Plot
Governor Arch Moore, already in a second term, told U.S District Court he is not guilty of extorting 25000 from Diversified Mountaineer Corp in 1972 to secure a state bank charter. He was released on 10000 bond, with trial set for April 29 alongside aide William Loy.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Govarch Moore
U.S District Court
K.K. Hall
Moore
William Loy
Hall
Arch Moore Jr
Congress
Loy
Diversified Mountaineer Corp
Romney
W.va
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